[1] The selected texts are typically edited, laid out, and typeset in a uniform format before binding, and the result is often a hardcover book similar to a textbook.
[2] In American law schools, casebooks are similar to sourcebooks, offering selections of legal cases and commentary, forming the basis for analysis and discussion.
While the splatbook is a sourcebook which focuses on a specific fictional aspect of the game in depth.
Similar patterns are observed with the clanbooks for Vampire: The Masquerade, tribebooks for Werewolf: The Apocalypse, traditionbooks for Mage: The Ascension, and so on.
[5][6][7] Sourcebooks may also refer to guidebooks meant for beginners containing instructions, rules or advice as in the handbooks for Minecraft.